§ Captain C. Smithasked the Secretary of State for War how many officers in the various arms of the Service were commissioned in each of the months May to October, 1945; and how many of these received emergency commissions from the ranks.
§ Mr. LawsonI cannot yet give the full figures for October. The total number of commissions granted during May to September was 5,848, as follows:
May, 977; June, 1,148; July, 1,346; August, 1,313; September, 1,064.
4,494 of these commissions were granted from the ranks.